February 19, 2026 –
– INTERNATIONAL TUG-O-WAR DAY (WHY DID WE EVER CUT THIS AS AN OLYMPIC SPORT?)
– U.S. COAST GUARD RESERVE BIRTHDAY
– INTERNATIONAL HICKEY DAY
Meme Du Jour

(HE ANNOUNCED HIS ‘NO KINGS’ TOUR DATES YESTERDAY)
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1847 – THE DONNER PARTY IS RESCUED (WELL, MOST OF THEM)
1878 – THOMAS EDISON PATENTS THE PHONOGRAPH
1914 – A FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS MAILED 73 MILES TO HER GRANDPARENTS (VIA TRAIN)
1942 – FDR ORDERS JAPANESE AMERICANS INTO INTERNMENT CAMPS
1945 – 30,000 US TROOPS STORM IWO JIMA
1960 – BILL KEANE’S ‘FAMILY CIRCUS’ CARTOON DEBUTS1970 – THE CHICAGO SEVEN ARE ACQUITTED
1985 – MICKEY MOUSE IS WELCOMED IN CHINA
2010 – TIGER WOODS APOLOGIZES FOR HIS EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIRS

News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH INTRODUCED US TO FELICIA COOK (2:28 OF GOLD)
– AND, THE PARDON CZAR ALICE JOHNSON WAS EQUALLY INSPIRING TO ME
– FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON – ‘FREE SPEECH IS PURE BULLSHIT’
– THE PRESS SEC ALSO DISCUSSED POSSIBLE EXECUTIVE ORDER ON VOTER ID IF CONGRESS FAILS
– PRESS SEC FILLETS CBS’ ED O’KEEFE AND HIS HIDEOUS QUESTION
– PETER DOOCY ASKED ABOUT THE POTOMAC POOP SMELL
– YES, THERE WAS A QUESTION ON A PREPARED SPEECH ABOUT ALIENS
– HILLARY CLINTON SURE LOOKS LIKE A CANDIDATE TO ME
– REP TED LIEU HAS A PROBABLY WITH THE TRUTH
– IL GOV PRITZKER, MS-13 NOW ARE CLAIMING DEMS NEVER CALLED DONALD TRUMP ‘HITLER’
– SEN BERNIE MORENO — FRAUD STEALS $4000 FROM EVERY AMERICAN
– REP RANDY FINE HAS A MESSAGE FOR MUSLIMS WHO WANT TO CENSURE HIM
– SEN CORY BOOKER HAS NOT DISMISSED THE IDEA OF RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN
– CNN’S CHRISTIAN-BASHING CONTINUES
– ABBY PHILLIP DEFENDS AOC’s MUNICH CONFERENCE BRAIN FARTS BY USING TRUMP WHATABOUTISM
– FCC CHAIR ON THE COLBERT STUNT — ‘YOU GUYS ATE IT UP’
– FBI KASH PATEL TELLS DAN BONGINO THERE’S SOMETHING BIG COMING ABOUT FUNDING OF ANTIFA
– JEN PSAKI FIRST TELLS US CBS DIDN’T SHUT DOWN COLBERT INTERVIEW – AND THEN, CHANGED THE STORY
– ‘THE VIEW’ CONTINUES TO TRY AND DRAG TRUMP WHILE DEFENDING AOC
– SOOOO, ROSIE O’DONNELL IS JUST RELAXING AND ENJOYING HER RETIREMENT, RIGHT?

More News From DC
– ARE WE PREPARING TO STRIKE IRAN? (MAYBE)
– WHAT ARE THE IRANIAN NEWS SOURCES SAYING?
– AIR FORCE ONE TO BE REPAINTED RED, WHITE AND BLUE (CUE THE LEFT’S OUTRAGE)
– THIS INVITATION SENT BY HOWARD LUTNICK TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN WILL BE PROBLEMATIC FOR MR LUTNICK
– FORMER PRINCE ANDREW HAS BEEN ARRESTED THIS MORNING
– FORMER SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT GETS A LIFE SENTENCE FOR IMPOSING MARTIAL LAW
General News
– WATCH: NYC’S COMMIE MAYOR IS ALREADY TALKING ABOUT BEING FORCED TO RAISE PROPERTY TAXES
– NYERS ARE STARTING TO HAVE SERIOUS BUYER’S REMORSE
– SEATTLE’S SOCIALIST MAYOR LOOKS AT NYC’s MAYOR AND SAYS, ‘HOLD MY CRAFT BEER.’
– AND, IF YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT VISITING NYC, THE TAXES ARE GOING TO EAT UP A LOT OF YOUR MONEY
– CA GOV NEWSOM AND HIS ‘FIRST PARTNER’ SHARE THEIR RAMADAN MESSAGE
– MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO PENALIZE HOTELS THAT DID BUSINESS WITH ICE
– WATCH AS WINCHESTER, VA COMMISSION VOTES TO REMOVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FROM MEETINGS
– THE CALIFORNIA AVALANCHE STORY IS A GROWNING TRAGEDY WITH LOCAL ROOTS
– FINALLY! SOMEONE IS STANDING UP AND DEMANDING BETTER REECE’S PIECES!
– QUINN HUGHES WITH THE WRIST SHOT TO WIN IT IN OVERTIME FOR THE USA TO GET TO THE SEMIS
– REMATCH! FOR THE WOMEN’S GOLD IN HOCKEY IT’S USA VS CANADA AGAIN
– CANADA CURLING STAR CLAIMS HIS COUNTRY WAS SET UP

Other News Catching My Eye
– WATCH THIS AND TELL ME YOU’LL EVER EAT ANOTHER OREO COOKIE AGAIN
– ACTOR SHIA LaBEOF’S MARDI ARREST STREAK APPEARS TO HAVE ENDED WITH ASH WEDNESDAY
– IF YOU ARE A GOLFER (GOOD, BAD, WHATEVER) YOU NEED TO SEE THIS 10 SECONDS OF VIDEO
– U2 HAS JOINED SPRINGSTEEN ON THE WOKE TRAIN – RELEASING A SONG FOR RENEE GOOD